Tuesday, August 8, 2017

The miraculous answer...

"During the ceremony
of profession of the nuns of St Sixtus, there was a great excitement and a call
for the saint to come out, since the nephew of one of the bishops who was acting
with him in this case had just been thrown from his horse and was lying dead in
the square outside. ...The body of the young man was brought in, badly mangled
from the accident, and laid at the feet of the saint. Dominic ordered them
immediately to remove the body to another
room.

Once more
life came back at his request; this time after he had offered the Holy
Sacrifice.Bystanders testified that during
the Mass they had seen him raised above the ground. There were hundreds of
witnesses to the miraculous answer when he spoke to the dead youth and
commanded:"Young man, I say to thee
arise." The youth rose up joyful and with no sign of injury and was
restored to his family. This miracle was instrumental in bringing into the
(Dominican) Order two of its most famous sons; they were the brothers, Hyacinth
and Ceslaus, and were later to win great renown as the apostles of the
North."

"Arm
yourself with prayer rather than a sword;wear humility rather than fine
clothes." - St Dominic

"We must sow the
seed, not hoard it." - St Dominic

"St
Dominic responded when ... He heard his Master call ... And truly lived a
pious life ... With charity to all ...
The holiest of friars who ... Were living in his time ... He fought against the
ravages ... Of heresy and crime ... He founded the Dominicans ... And
taught them prayer and fasting ... And that humility which leads ... To glory
everlasting ... One day when he was rapt in prayer ... And dwelt on God’s
commands ... Our Lady came to him and placed ... The Rosary in his hands ... And
so today each bead we say ... For all the poor and sick ... Should be in loving
memory ... Of good St Dominic.